This is Interesting?

Another Friendly Racer · 01-21-2010, 10:54 PM

I do not care to watch the pro's at all but I'm going to make a point to check out this event on tv. Now if stock, superstock, s/c & s/g were running first to the finish 4 wide with break outs I think I'd have to go and race this thing.

Ed Fernandez · 01-21-2010, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Another Friendly Racer

I do not care to watch the pro's at all but I'm going to make a point to check out this event on tv. Now if stock, superstock, s/c & s/g were running first to the finish 4 wide with break outs I think I'd have to go and race this thing.

Artie,they are only running the pros four across.

442OLDS · 01-21-2010, 11:18 PM

By racing the Pros (4) at a time,they are reducing the number of runs to cover on ESPN,so this should open up some time for coverage of Stock and Super Stock on prime time TV.

bill dedman · 01-21-2010, 11:46 PM

It is not unheard of for a 330mph Digger or Funny Car to climb the guardrail and end up, whole hog, on the other side. Remember Bernsten's guardrail-climbing accident about 7 or 8 years ago thaf almost killed him?

It seems to me that the potential for a 3-car pileup at this 4-lane strip is not a matter of "how", but rather "when" it will happen...

Rob Petrie E395 · 01-22-2010, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bill dedman

It is not unheard of for a 330mph Digger or Funny Car to climb the guardrail and end up, whole hog, on the other side. Remember Bernsten's guardrail-climbing accident about 7 or 8 years ago thaf almost killed him?

It seems to me that the potential for a 3-car pileup at this 4-lane strip is not a matter of "how", but rather "when" it will happen...

Or how about this.
they are cleaning up/ prepping/ doing whatever to one set of lanes and racing in the other. One of the cars racing doesnt matter what class goes over the wall or throws some parts over and some poor person is standing there with a car/parts coming at him and all he has to protect himself with is a broom. I dont see how they can even pull that off without some extreme risk to the track workers. How would you like to be the guy driving the car that went over the wall not only do you have a severly damaged race car but for the rest of your life you get to goto bed with the thought of having killed or mamed someone. I had a drunk woman walk out onto the capitol beltway in front of me when I was 18. Over 20 years later and I still think about it everyday and it was not my fault.

NHRA raises prices and has insurance surcharges to cover the ever increasing costs of lawsuits. Can you imagine what the prices will be if someone gets hurt or killed doing this. I try to look at the bright side and if this comes off without a hitch it will be awesome for our sport but if someone gets killed or hurt it may set it back to the stone age as NHRA will really get hammered in the press.

Ed Fernandez · 01-22-2010, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 442OLDS

By racing the Pros (4) at a time,they are reducing the number of runs to cover on ESPN,so this should open up some time for coverage of Stock and Super Stock on prime time TV.

You're kidding right?

442OLDS · 01-22-2010, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

You're kidding right?

You have a better chance of beating Drooze driving his Drag Pak in a heads up race with your T/SA,than Stock being shown on TV.

Of course I'm kidding.

Ed Fernandez · 01-22-2010, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by 442OLDS

You have a better chance of beating Drooze driving his Drag Pak in a heads up race with your T/SA,than Stock being shown on TV.

Of course I'm kidding.

Can I use a 4 stage 400 shot? Like the sniper creed goes "One shot,One kill".

442OLDS · 01-22-2010, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Can I use a 4 stage 400 shot? Like the sniper creed goes "One shot,One kill".

You might have a bye run,who knows?

Chris "drooze" Wertman · 01-22-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Can I use a 4 stage 400 shot? Like the sniper creed goes "One shot,One kill".

Only if I can run my new dry top clinder lubricant injection system and latent oxidiser, that deposits pockets of a dry oxidiser/lubricant on the piston top in preperation for the intake and combustion cycle..... (injects through the open exhaust valve using an MCA jet valve at around 900mph

I think its legal, since its not in the intake air stream and the rules say nothing about shoving things BACK up the exhaust........

Cheers

Chris

(p.s. Im about as serious on that as you all are, note that one under "dry stupid" not just dry for sense of humor, and I have not yet begun to REALLY scare you ..... I actually tried the above "contraption" years ago...didnt end well.....)

01-21-2010, 10:54 PM	#1
Another Friendly Racer Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 152 Likes: 0 Liked 19 Times in 6 Posts	Re: This is Interesting? I do not care to watch the pro's at all but I'm going to make a point to check out this event on tv. Now if stock, superstock, s/c & s/g were running first to the finish 4 wide with break outs I think I'd have to go and race this thing.

01-21-2010, 11:18 PM	#3
442OLDS VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Elgin,IL Posts: 1,339 Likes: 5 Liked 282 Times in 103 Posts	Re: This is Interesting? By racing the Pros (4) at a time,they are reducing the number of runs to cover on ESPN,so this should open up some time for coverage of Stock and Super Stock on prime time TV.

01-21-2010, 11:46 PM	#4
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: This is Interesting? It is not unheard of for a 330mph Digger or Funny Car to climb the guardrail and end up, whole hog, on the other side. Remember Bernsten's guardrail-climbing accident about 7 or 8 years ago thaf almost killed him? It seems to me that the potential for a 3-car pileup at this 4-lane strip is not a matter of "how", but rather "when" it will happen... __________________ Bill